-=> Quoting Dave Hatch to Eric Ooms <=-

 EO> I have to agree totally to this and think that the large service providers
 EO> are not doing their job. The public has to demand more direct overseas 
 EO> links and faster respose times!

 DH> "Public demand" assumes that "the public"
whatever that is, has right
 DH> of ownership over the infrastructure and service provider facilities. 
 DH> Minor point - when and how does the public wish to pay for these
 
 Definitely.  I think this person is one of those who rung up Rod Fewster and 
 wrote obscene names protesting against him shutting up the FREQ scene on his 
 board.  ie Everything for Everyone and Bugger the Cost.

 EO> I don't know if you all agree - some providers might be faster than others
 EO> but ones I have seen are much too slow - you spend so much time waiting for
 EO> a large page to arrive it's not worth the cost!

 DH> Agreed.

 DH> Makes a high performance BBS a lot more attractive, doesn't it?

 I sometimes wonder if the WWW was designed by a conglomerate of all the 
 large ISPs in an effort to drag more money out of the consumer.  Frankly I 
 like shell accounts.

 See ya,
        Maddy
        ^^^
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